PERCY, Henry (c.1604-1659), of Syon House, Isleworth, Mdx.; later of Whitehall and Alnwick Castle, Northumb.

Family and Education

b. c. 1604, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of of Henry Percy, 9th earl of Northumberland, and Dorothy, da. of Walter Devereux, 1st earl of Essex, wid. of Sir Thomas Perrot† of Haroldston, Pemb.; bro. of Algernon, Lord Percy*.Collins, Peerage, ii. 342-3. educ. privately (William Nicholson) c.1613, Isleworth (Thomas Willis) by 1617; Christ Church, Oxf. 1624. HMC 6th Rep. 230-1; Al. Ox. unm. cr. Bar. Percy of Alnwick 28 June 1643. d. 26 Mar. 1659. CP, x. 472; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642-6 ed. W.H. Black, 52.

Offices Held

Member, Virg. Co. by 1622. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, ii. 122.

Master of the horse to Prince Charles 1639–49; Sidney Letters ed. A. Collins, ii. 620; Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion ed. W.D. Macray, v. 338. ld. chamberlain 1653 – d.; PC 23 Oct. 1653–d. CCSP, ii. 265.

Col. of ft. 1639, (roy.) 1643–4; Pprs. of Captain Henry Stevens ed. M. Toynbee (Oxon. Rec. Soc. xlii), 38; P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 293. capt. of the Lifeguard 1640–1, CSP Dom. 1640–1, pp. 36–7; 1641–3, p. 56. col. of Horse 1643 – 44; gen. of artillery 1643–4. Roy. Ordnance Pprs. ed. I. Roy (Oxon. Rec. Soc. xliii), 20–1; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, p. 40.

Gov. Guernsey 1649–50. CCSP, ii. 30, 45.

Parlimentarian

PERCY, Henry (c.1604-1659), of Syon House, Isleworth, Mdx.; later of Whitehall and Alnwick Castle, Northumb.

Main residences: Syon House, Isleworth, Mdx.; Whitehall; Alnwick Castle, Northumb.

Author

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

PERCY, Henry (c.1604-1659)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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